This volume addresses the growing obsolescence of traditional constructions of masculine identity in popular romantic comedies by proposing an approach that combines gender and genre theory to examine the ongoing radical reconstruction of gender roles in these films. Alberti creates a unified theory of gender role change in the movies that combines the insights of both poststructuralist gender and narrative genre theory, avoiding binary approaches to the study of gender representation. He establishes the current "crises" in both gender representation and genre development within romantic comedies as examples of experimentation and change towards narratives that feature more egalitarian and less essentialist constructions of gender.
This volume addresses the growing obsolescence of traditional constructions of masculine identity in popular romantic comedies by proposing an approach that combines gender and genre theory to examine the ongoing radical reconstruction of gender roles in these films. Alberti creates a unified theory of gender role change in the movies that combines the insights of both poststructuralist gender and narrative genre theory, avoiding binary approaches to the study of gender representation. He establishes the current "crises" in both gender representation and genre development within romantic comedies as examples of experimentation and change towards narratives that feature more egalitarian and less essentialist constructions of gender.
Masculinity in the Contemporary Romantic Comedy: Gender as Genre
136Masculinity in the Contemporary Romantic Comedy: Gender as Genre
136eBook
Related collections and offers
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781136222894 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 09/11/2013 |
Series: | Routledge Advances in Film Studies |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 136 |
File size: | 405 KB |